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Hamas Claims Israeli Hostage Killed in Strike, IDF Says Verifying Report

© AP Photo / Fatima ShbairFire and smoke rise following an Israeli airstrike in northern Gaza Strip, late Tuesday, May 2, 2023. The Israeli military said it had started airstrikes on Gaza targets, in response to earlier rocket salvos from the coastal strip, run by the militant Hamas group.
Fire and smoke rise following an Israeli airstrike in northern Gaza Strip, late Tuesday, May 2, 2023. The Israeli military said it had started airstrikes on Gaza targets, in response to earlier rocket salvos from the coastal strip, run by the militant Hamas group. - Sputnik International, 1920, 23.11.2024
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CAIRO (Sputnik) - Al-Qassam Brigades, the Hamas' military wing, said on Saturday that an Israeli female hostage had died in the north of the Gaza Strip.
“After the communication broken a few weeks ago had been reestablished with the fighters assigned to protect the enemy hostages, it turned out, that one hostage had died in the area exposed to Israel’s aggression in the north of the Gaza Strip,” Al-Qassam Brigades spokesman Abu Obaida said.
He added that another female hostage is in critical condition.
Obaida said that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his government are responsible for the lives of hostages.
Hamas has said it would release prisoners only after the end of the war in the Gaza Strip and withdrawal of Israeli forces.
Houthi supporters raise a poster of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, who killed by Israeli troops in Gaza, during an anti-Israel rally in Sanaa, Yemen, Friday, Oct. 18, 2024. - Sputnik International, 1920, 03.11.2024
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The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) in the meantime said that it cannot confirm or deny information about the death of one of the hostages in the Gaza Strip announced by Palestinian movement Hamas.
"We are examining the information, and at this stage, we cannot confirm or refute it. IDF representatives are in contact with her family and are keeping them updated with all available information," the statement read.
The IDF added that Hamas "continues to engage in psychological terror and act with extreme brutality."
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